Return-Path: <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f72KdCf08906; Thu, 2 Aug 2001 16:39:12 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 16:39:12 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <p0500190fb78f69b60dad@[146.186.96.31]> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Barb Van Horn <blv1@psu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:260] HandsNet resources X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 2718 Lines: 59 The resources below are from WebClipper Digest, HandsNet's weekly overview of cross-cutting human services news from throughout the World Wide Web. For daily Headlines news, Alerts and Discussions, and to start your personal clipping service tailored to your needs, visit WebClipper at http://www.webclipper.org. Free trial WebClipper memberships are available on our public site at http://www.handsnet.org. ************************************ JULY 27, 2001 WELFARE REFORM REAUTHORIZATION AND RURAL AMERICA - Opportunities for work are more limited and less financially rewarding in rural areas than in urban areas, according to a new report released by the Joint Center for Poverty Research which strongly suggests that reauthorization of welfare reform in 2002 needs to recognize diversity in context, resources and opportunities in different areas of the country. http://www.jcpr.org/RuralPovertyReport.pdf WELFARE REFORM'S NEXT STAGE - With growing numbers of welfare recipients facing a loss of benefits under the 5-year lifetime limit imposed by welfare reform, 2001 is a critical year for attempts to refine the system and protect the most vulnerable families, says a CONNECT FOR KIDS article from the Urban Institute's Assessing the New Federalism Project. http://www.connectforkids.org/benton_topics1544/benton_topics_show.htm?doc_id=73776 NEW FROM WELFARE REFORM & BEYOND - The Brookings Institution WR&B initiative announces a new policy brief by Ron Haskins and Wendell Primus on Welfare Reform and Poverty; an August 2 Forum on Welfare Reform After 5 Years: Through the Eyes of Former Welfare Recipients and Reporters; and the Welfare Reform and Beyond Fact Book. covering TANF Data, Work and Income Data, Related Programs and Social Indicators, http://www.brookings.edu/wrb/ MEETING THE NEEDS OF A CHANGING WORKFORCE - Many newly-employed welfare recipients and other low-income workers do not meet Unemployment Insurance or Family and Medical Leave Act eligibility requirements, and states are pursuing ways to increase access to these benefits as a way to promote long-term self-sufficiency. The Welfare Information Network has gathered a collection of online resources on this issue. http://www.welfareinfo.org/UI-FMLAResource.htm -- ****************** Barbara Van Horn NIFL-WORKPLACE List Co-Moderator Co-Director, Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy Co-Director, Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy College of Education, The Pennsylvania State University 102 Rackley Building, University Park, PA 16802-3202 Phone: 814-865-5876 Fax: 814-863-6108 E-mail: BLV1@PSU.EDU "Moving adult literacy from the Margins to the Mainstream"
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